Automobile luggage carrier



May 29, 1928'.

H. T. HOAG AUTOMOBILE LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed May 15, 1926 Patented May 29, I

Units stares/ATE was HARRY 'r. HOAG, or Los ANGELES, oALIFoRNIA,IAssIeNonTo AUTO SHEET METAL worms, or os ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,ACOEIORATION.

AUTOMOBILE LUGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed May 13,1926}- Serial No. 108,740. I

My invention relates toa luggage carrier of the type that is designed to be detachably applied to the running boards of automobiles and the principal objects of my invention '5 are to generally improve upon and simplify the construction of the existing forms of automobile running board luggage carriers; to provide a device of the character referred to that is inexpensive of manufacture, strong and substantial in structure, capable of being easily and quickly applied to or removed from the running board of an automobile and which may be readily adjusted in length so as to occupy or enclose approximately half thelength of the runningboard, thereby leaving board clear or unobstructed so as to enable the corresponding door of the vehicle to be opened for the entrance or exit of passengers.

MA further object or invention is to:

i provide an improved form of standard that is utilized as a support for the extensible frame of the luggage carrier.

view, my invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement'of parts that will hereinafter be more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of an automobile and showing my improved luggage carrier applied to the running board,

,Fig. 2 is a perspective-view of a luggage carrier embodying the principles of my invention. i I

Fig. 3 is an'enlarged vertical section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Y Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the ends of a pair of bars that are used in the lazy v tongs structure that forms a part of the invention.

Fig-,6 is an enlarged detail section taken i on the line 66 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of'my invention, 10 1 0 designate standards that are detachably applied to the puter edge of the running board B of the other half of the running With the foregoing and other objects in 1 gage an automobile and which standards provide vthat portion of the section of channel iron below this arm 11 is extended downward a short distance andthence laterally in a plane below and parallel with the arm 11, thus forming a substantial Lshaped bracket 12 at the lower end of the standard and the lower portion of which bracket is designed to ocupy a position beneath the edge ofvthe running board to which the carrier isapplied. v I I a That portion of the channel iron that forms thehorizontally disposed arm- 11 is i bent so that the'flanges on the upper half of the bent portion project downwardly while the flanges on the lower half of'said portion project upwardly and thus said arm is practically tubular in form and as it is of double thickness, it provides a very vstrong and substantial foot or base for the standard when the same is applied to the running board.

v Screw-seated in the horizontally disposed portion of bracket 12 is a'clamping screw 13,

the upper end of which carries a head 14 that is, adapted to bear against the underside of the runningboard and the lower portion of said clamping screw is bent laterally or at right angles to the body portion ofthe screwto form a handle 15' by means of which the screw may, be readily rotated; 1 Inthecon'struction of my improved lugcarrier, I make useof three of the standards 10, two of said standards being arranged at theends of the carrier andthe third standard serving asan intermediate support. s V v 'Pivotally connected to the upper portions of. the standards 10 "are the ends of relatively short links 16 and pivotally connected to the ends of these links are longer'links 17,

which latter are pivotally connected to each other at theirends and centers to provide the 40- v I top, oi the edge of the running board and by well known lazy tongs structure which may be extended or contracted lengthwise according to the position of the supporting members 10 on the running board: I prefer to utilize'rivets as theme-ans for pivoting the links 16 and 17 to eachother andflto'sthe standards 10, and; when the apertures for the reception. of the rivets are punched in'said links, the latter are posi-' tioned on thepunch press sov that burrs 18I will be formed around said apertures on one face of each link and thus when the linksare properly assembled with the vburred ed ges' in contact with each other,..as illus .trated in Fig. 5, said burrs will be-fo'r'ced "inwardly toward each other and. toward the shanks of the; rivets 19" when pressure is appliedto the'l'atter for the purpose of setting the same (see Fig; 6).

r hus the burrs 18* that are formed on the 'links at the time the apertures are formed therein are utilized for clamping the rivets that pivotally connect said links and at the saine time the links are spaced a'slight dis- ..tance apart so as to minimize friction and prevent the rubbing oil of the paint or enamelat points adjacentto the rivets 19.

Secured to the inner faces ofthe standards 10 at the ends of the luggagecarrier are up-- right straps 20,,the ends of which are bent outwardly into horizontal planes to form ears 21 and pivotally connected to said ears are, substantially C-shaped end frames 22' that are adapted to occupy vertical transverse planes over the runningboard to which the luggage carrier is applied andt'hus'function as end panels or walls. Y

' When my improved luggage carrier is" applied to an automobile running board, the arms 11 of the standards 10' are arranged on? manipulation of the clamping screws 13, the heads M on the upper ends of said screws.

' are engaged against the underside of' the running board'Yun-til the standards are very securely clamped thereto. The 'end frames 22 are now swung into transverse posit-ions andthus'the space between said endfranies andthe lazy tongs?structuremay be utilized for the reception of luggage or other objects that may be conveniently carried on the running board.

easily and quickly applied to or removed from an'automobile running board, is read ily adjusted lengthwise so that it may extend theentire length of the running boardor only a part or the lengththereof-5 may be collapsed and folded so as to occupy comparatiitcly little space when packe'dii'or st orage or transportation, and. isvery strong and substantial owing to the integral structure o'f-its upright supporting members.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the.

various parts of my improved automobile luggage carrier may be made and'substituted for'thos'e herein shown and described w th out depart ng from the spirit of my'i-nvention, the scope oif-whichis set forth inthe appendedclaims. U

I" claim asmy invention-'2' 1'. In an automobile luggage carrier,'-a re taining member of lazy tongs structure and a plurality of supporting standards forsaidii lazy tongs structure, eachstandard being formed trom'a single pieceol material: hav ing portions of its body at one end" bent-at." ri ht angles to provide a pair of horizon tally disposedparallel arms thatare adapted to overlie and underlie the running board to which the carrier is applied and the-uppe one oiwhich arm's'is tubular in' cross: section and substantially twicejthe' thickness of the lower arm.

2. In an automobile luggage carrier, at re-i taining' member of lazy tongs structure, a

plurality of supporting standards: for said" lazy tongs structure each standard being,"

formed from a single piece of material having portions of its body atone end bentlat 3 right angles t'o'provide a pair ofhoriz'ontally disposedparallet armsthat are ad apted to overlie and underlie the running board to which the carrier is appl-i'edfthe upperf one of which arms is tubular-in cross'section and:

substantially twicethe' thiclniess of thelower arm, and a running board clamping screw. carried by'the lower one of said arms.

3. In a luggage carrier, an extensible wall supporting member formed from a single pieceof channel iron having aportion. bent double to provide a substantially tubular arm that is disposed at right anglestothe main body portion of the supporting men-i.-

ber and the terlnin al" i jortionot whichsec tion of channel iron being bent-at right anglee. to the plane occupie'd by the upright portion of the supporting member so. as to occupy a plane below and parallelwith. the

plane occupied by said tubular arm. l In an automob le luggage carrier, a retaming wall of lazy ton gs structure=,kiend frames pivotally connected to the end por-,

tions of" said lazy tongs structurasupport ing standards secured to the;- endsof' said lazy tongs" structure; a third supporting standard secured to the intermediate portion 1,671,367 7 T p I a .3

of the lazy tongs structure, each standard plied, the upper one of Which arms is tubeing formed from a single section of chanbular in cross section and substantially twice nel iron, portions of the lower part of each the thickness of the lower arm, and aclamp- 10 section of channel iron being bent to. form ing screw seated in the lowermost one of a pair of horizontally disposed parallel arms said arms.

that are adapted to receive the edge of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature. running board to which the carrier is ap HARRY T. HOAG. 

